The San Diego Zoo has announced that female Baird’s tapir Luna gave birth to a female calf in early June — and the baby needs a name. The prehensile-nosed calf and her mother can now be seen ...

It’s a girl! Point Defiance Zoo recently welcomed a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf. Her name is Ume, which means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. The zoo says her keeper staff chose ...

Adorable video from Peak Wildlife Park shows two super-cute Tapirs enjoy their relaxing spa treatment. Watch the adorable ...

Ume is only the second tapir to be born at the zoo in its 100-year history ... Pritchard said at first it was difficult to get Yuna to mate with Ume’s father, Baku. For about two and a half ...

Another adaptive trait that male rhinos, horses, and tapirs share: They’re “extremely well endowed,” says tapir expert Michele Stancer, director of animal care at Utah’s Hogle Zoo in Salt ...

It’s the baby Malayan tapir at the Minnesota Zoo. I often think about the day I met her. I was at the zoo to photograph other species, but as I wound down for the day, a couple of the zookeepers ...

Adorable video from Peak Wildlife Park in north Staffordshire shows two super-cute tapirs enjoy their relaxing spa treatment.

The video, shared on Peak Wildlife Park's Facebook page, shows Tia and George enjoying their relaxing spa treatment from zoo staff. Tapirs get ... together mainly for mating purposes.